Wire Brass

WOW! What a day. Pontins at Prestatyn once again was the venue for the annual Harry Mortimer Brass Band Championships, and  once again the October weather in North Wales was as windy as usual.

The band were drawn No 1 – a notoriously difficult position to get a good result from, but played brilliantly and impressed the judges enough to be given a remarkable second place, Kim Holly Thorpe ‘stole the show’ with some  awesome playing and won the individual solists prize. Well done Kim!

The result was achieved despite 3 missing regular players (thanks must go to our ‘deps’) a principal cornet player suffering from a severe ear infection, a percussionist with a shoulder injury and a 2nd cornet player who had just had a tooth removed! All things considered a very impressive result !!!

To hear a recording of our performance go to the Videos and Audio section of ths website.

The full results are below (courtesy of 4barsrest.com)

1. Tongwynlais Temperance, Philip Harper, 5
2. Wire Brass, Paul Andrews, 1
3. Skelmanthorpe, John Roberts, 4
4. Felling, Graeme Tindall, 12
5. Marsden Silver Prize, Glyn Williams, 13
6. Kidlington Concert Brass, Catherine Underwood, 16
7. Sovereign Brass, Jason Glynn, 2
8. Ashton under Lyne, Martyn Evans, 9
9. Staffordshire, Huw Thomas, 10
10. Wantage Silver A, Philip Bailey, 11
11. Woodfalls, Melvin White, 7
12. Jackfield (Elcock Reisen), Simon Platford, 14
13. NUSUWT Riverside, Ian Robinson, 6
14. Derwent Brass, Keith Leonard, 3
w, Burry Port, Craig Roberts
w, Stannington Brass, Derek Renshaw

Best Instrumentalist: Kim Holly Thorp, Euphonium, Wire Brass